told never use a corner trowel

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Rhys said:
Doubt it, mates been doing it this way for nearly 40 years and always ends up with nice square corners.
Personally I don't do it this way except maybe on the first trowel, after that I just er my trowel tight into the angle without diging into it, run my tiddley brush down it or my finger. Always end up with nice angles.
We have got an angle trowel but I've never used it.
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If you think that running a brush or your little finger down an internal will give as good and as tight a finish as an angle trowel you are deluding yourself.
 
ELplastering123 said:
I thought there was a good disscussion going on then you chose to insult me by saying joke i dont know how you can call me a chancer just because i dont need an extra trowel for wet internals

Muppet.
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Yeah i must be a muppet to bother replying to T***s like you.
I have my business link at the bottom of my replies, why not do the same and let your potential customers know you don't use an internal trowel?
 
I think the bottom line of it all is that it doesnt matter if you run a twitcher, brush, trowel or tip of your d*ck down an angle to get it neat. respect to the genuine spreads on here, you know who you are
 
essexandy said:
If you think that running a brush or your little finger down an internal will give as good and as tight a finish as an angle trowel you are deluding yourself.
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I get a nice square angle, never had any problems. I've only ever tried an angle trowel once and it dug the walls out either side - to be fair the walls ran out something stupid - but it left a mess. I might give it another go from reading this thread though (the adjustable jobbie posted on another thread looks intereting).

Preferably I skim opposites to get hard angles but have no problems doing wet.

As an asside when I first started and I was being tought, one technique was to finish the angle then run the corner of the trowel lightly down the angle when dry. Whether it makes it look sharper when painted I don't know, I thought it looked crap.
 
Olican what gives u the decision on genuine spreads? I respect good plasterers young or old who have skill. I dont care if u need extra trowels or not. Anyway i dont have time for keyboard warriors iv got work to do ;)
 
for me personally a twitcher is like any other tool. needs to be worn in and wings bent everso slightly inward. a corner trowel will not give you good results if used from new, which is probably what puts people off
 
'Key board warrior' I like that :RpS_thumbup: sorry if my comments offended you, nothing I wrote was directed at you (odd that you read it that way) dont work too late :RpS_sleep:
 
Well, I've got every respect for Andy and others that use angle trowels - at the end of the day it's down to technique and what you're used to. I'm not knocking them and will give em another go to not dismiss angle trowels Completely.
 
Rhys said:
I get a nice square angle, never had any problems. I've only ever tried an angle trowel once and it dug the walls out either side - to be fair the walls ran out something stupid - but it left a mess. I might give it another go from reading this thread though (the adjustable jobbie posted on another thread looks intereting).

Preferably I skim opposites to get hard angles but have no problems doing wet.

As an asside when I first started and I was being tought, one technique was to finish the angle then run the corner of the trowel lightly down the angle when dry. Whether it makes it look sharper when painted I don't know, I thought it looked crap.
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PM me your address and when I remember I'll dig one out of the unit and post it to you free of charge, they're both as "good" as new. lol
 
the only angles trowels that dig in are the poncy drywall ones. you have to bend the corners and piss about with them. theyre a load of shite. the hard ones are much better in my opinion. i got taught with them, used a drywall for a while then went back to the hard ones. dont think marshalltown make them anymore
 
essexandy said:
PM me your address and when I remember I'll dig one out of the unit and post it to you free of charge, they're both as "good" as new. lol
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Cheers Andy, you may make a convert out of me :RpS_thumbup:
Sent an email to your 'admin' address on yur website as I can't find the PM function on the forum (may be disabled like the 'edit post' function)
 
personaly just my opinion gibbo is bob on here you work up and down the angle after you might come out of it but you should go back up and down to tighten it up nicley its the way i was taught, also and this it just the way i do things but i much much prefer to do wet angles as much as possible dnt like doin opposites means iv constantly got to walk over the other side of the room rather than just turning a corner haha:RpS_thumbsup:
 
ELplastering123 said:
Well as prevoious said its each to there own and which ever works best is your own opinion but personally seen them used and not thought wow thats brilliant, and the cutting out method doesnt take alot of effort or time and my own personal view it gives a sharper corner.

But i am going to try one just for arguments sake.
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Do you "cut out" the angles on board work too thus cutting the scrim ?
 
So all the people who only do dry angles, what happens when you put a whole room or a lid and a wall or 2.You must be proper fwacked then.
 
Nor can I mate, never seen wet angles cut out like that, the only reason it works on opposites is coz you have a dry hard angle to cut against. Surely the plaster you are trying to cut out just sticks in the corner??
 
Come on ELplumbing, endulge us with a video so we can see where we have been going wrong all these years.















































Don't forget the floral blouse!
 
at the end of the day it dont matter if it works crack on but i would like to see it in action might be good different strokes an all that:RpS_thumbup:
 
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